We often say that life needs goals, and setting appropriate goals will help us move forward better. The short-term goal plans the development steps, one step at a time; the long-term goal points out the direction of efforts and gives the efforts a forward momentum, which is macroscopic. Some webmasters always set long-term and short-term goals when running websites or planning their lives. Sometimes these goals are mutually reinforcing, and sometimes they are contradictory. How can we coordinate the relationship between the two? , pushing each other forward is not an easy thing.
I don’t know if everyone has this feeling when setting goals. A goal that is too high can make people feel discouraged and stressed; a goal that is too low can lead to complacency and may deviate from the long-term direction. For any website or forum to develop and achieve good results, it must be achieved step by step and in a down-to-earth manner. Short-term goals are an effective way to achieve long-term goals. Having goals can help us not be confused in the development process, know what we want, and work hard to move in one direction, making it easier to succeed.
When doing things, we often set stage goals, that is, short-term goals, so that we can test the effective progress of doing things and move forward quickly. For example, the five-year plan and the ten-year plan formulated by the country are goals for one stage. Setting such goals and completing them effectively will gradually improve people's living standards and the national economic level. For individuals, formulating one-year plans, half-year plans, three-month plans, etc. are also short-term goals. Concrete goals make it easier to implement. For example, some people say that they want to be a useful person throughout their lives. This is a big goal and an ideal in life, but the ideal will not be realized naturally. It needs to be expressed through something, such as to the family, so that the family can live a good life; to society, He has done things that are beneficial to people's livelihood; he has done some scientific and technological research on the world, etc. Only when he has done specific things can he be said to be a useful person.
The long-term goal of a forum, such as the Admin5 Forum, is to become a well-known online community in the Internet industry and become a discussion center for IT information. This is a long-term goal, but the long-term goal will not be naturally realized through discussion and analysis. It needs to be implemented in specific, many ways. The short-term goals are achieved one by one. For example, based on the original users, the number of users has doubled. This requires formulating specific activities to attract more users. Only with a huge number of users can it become possible to become an Internet information distribution center. In terms of the amount of information, only when posts reach a certain number can more users be gathered and influence can be expanded. Tianya Community is the global Chinese online home and a distribution center for Internet users’ information. Since its establishment, Tianya Community has achieved numerous short-term goals through years of accumulation and has become the most influential online community in China today. The conversion and promotion of large and small goals, long-term and short-term goals are key issues.
Whether it is the A5 Forum or many other websites, long-term goals are achieved through countless short-term goals. Long-term goals are indispensable, they are the general direction of efforts, and they are predictions and aspirations for future development; short-term goals are indispensable, and they are the necessary methods and specific practices to achieve the ultimate goal. The effective coordination and promotion between the two still needs to be continuously summarized in practice. I have been thinking about this issue and welcome everyone to discuss it. (Text/Mengjiang)